Saint Laurent has always been a house with substantial associations to the performing arts, which are further enriched by projects such as this, Pilati said.

Starring Kristin Scott-Thomas, Douglas Henshall and Ben Miles, the 1978 play traces the trajectory of an extramarital affair. Pilatis costumes lend a sense of the period and each characters emotional state to the drama. So Scott-Thomass Emma, a woman torn between two men, floats through her marriage and affair in a fuchsia silk dress, camel cashmere coat and armour-like YSL bags.

Pilati called the play a natural extension of the houses relationship with Scott-Thomas. [The project] grew into a true creative collaboration whereby I was able to address my fashion to a purpose, a context, a set of characters whose costumes serve to index or even symbolize their identities, he said.

Betrayal, set in the 60s and 70s, is loosely based on Pinters entanglement with BBC presenter Joan Bakewell. The reverse-chronological action begins at the end of the affair, mapping its lifespan through nine scenes about desire, relationships, and of course, betrayal.

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